Where churches and county government meet in the records

Charlie Riley (Commissioner Pct 2)

• campaign payments Magnolia Cowboy Church $1,500 (2024-09-18, Schedule F1; appears in both the original and corrected report — one payment) — Riley moved the Eagles Nest Ministries Adopt-a-Road renewals (2016-03-08, 2020-02-25). Pastor Jeff Williams of Eagles Nest gave the Commissioners Court invocation in 2017-18 and money to Keough (2025) and Santini (2019). source

Judge Vincenzo Santini (457th District Court)

• campaign payments Sacred Heart Catholic School (Conroe) $11,915 across 11 sponsorships 2022-03-25 to 2025-11-17 (golf, Oktoberfest, DC trip, annual fundraiser); Fellowship of Catholic University Students $2,005 (2024-06-28, 2025-07-10, 'Anna Babin'); Fellowship of Montgomery $1,500 (2023-12-06) — Kristin Bays: $400 'advertising at the Sacred Heart school fundraiser' 2025-03-19. Hayden: $1,120 to the same school. A Facebook commenter who knows the families (Ann Carr, former County Judge chief of staff) wrote 'They're Catholic!' of Bays/Santini (social-leads 2026-09-16 item 56). TEC bulk expenditures. source

Kenneth "Rowdy" Hayden (Constable Pct 4)

• campaign payments Caney Creek Cowboy Church $3,360 across 8 Schedule F1 expenditures 2023-10-16 to 2026-06-08 (largest $1,500 2024-10-27, $1,000 2026-06-08); Sacred Heart Catholic School $1,120 (2025-08-20 $1,000, 2026-01-27 $120); Peach Creek Baptist Church $125 (2023-11-16) — Pastor Mark Grimes of Caney Creek Cowboy Church gave the Commissioners Court invocation 2023-11-14 and appears in Hayden's contributions: $1,400 (2023-08-01) and $350 (2023-11-20). Dale Inman, later listed as a Woodlands Bible Church pastor on a 2025 TEC gift to Jon Bouche, gave Hayden $700 (2023-08-03). source

Mark Keough (County Judge)

• campaign payments Lone Star Cowboy Church $927 (2025-04-02, Schedule G) and a second undated Lone Star Cowboy Church entry 2025-08-22; Grace Church $26,550 (see church_membership) — Lone Star Cowboy Church is a defendant in 25-04-05338 (284th, Bays, filed 2025-04-04, dismissed). Also: Jeff Williams, 'Pastor Eagles Nest', contributed 2025-09-16 (amount not captured by OCR). source
• congregation Listed as a Grace Woodlands (Steve and Becky Riggle) congregant who won in the 2026-03-03 primary, alongside County Clerk Brandon Steinmann and GOP Chair Gwen Withrow — Author David Lane, 2026-04-25. Same list names precinct chairs Peter Stees, Steve Lawrence, Charles Shirley and candidates Steve Toth, Jessica Steinmann, Valoree Swanson, Tiffany Nelson. Keough's county CFRs show three $8,850 Schedule F1 payments to 'Grace Church' (2023-12-06, 2024-01-25, 2024-02-26; $26,550); the OCR did not capture a purpose. source
• clergy Founding senior pastor of The Woodlands Bible Church (995 Pinyon Pine Dr, The Woodlands), 2014 to January 2024 — Master's degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary and Grace Theological Seminary; also Texas House District 15 (2015-2018). TEC contributor rows give his occupation as 'Pastor' on gifts to Jennifer Robin (2015-11-10 $220, 2016-02-10 $150, 2016-04-06 $1,000 'Pastor and State Rep.') and to Kristin Bays ($500, 2018-02-14, 'Pastor'). source
• litigation Keough v. Kenningham, Dolcefino, Dolcefino Consulting, Pinkerton, The Pinkerton Law Firm, The Woodlands Bible Church and elders Albritton, Giordano, Leafe, Simpson, Benzel, Carpenter, Scott: 24-10-16036, 457th District Court, filed 2024-10-14 — Orders of Assignment 2024-10-17, 2024-12-10, 2025-01-28. TCPA dismissals 2025-02-28 for Wayne Dolcefino / Dolcefino Consulting and for elder Gerald Benzel (press: visiting Judge Randy McDonald, ~4-hour hearing). Keough alleged a $6.5 million demand and a fabricated-allegation scheme. source
• reported Dolcefino Media 'The Sins of a Pastor' (2024-09-10) alleges months of sexual harassment of church assistant Susan Kenningham (hired May 2023, then 68) at The Woodlands Bible Church and plays audio of Keough to church elders — YouTube upload 2024-09-10 (youtu.be/Hp0RCbVcKrA); TWTX 2024-09-11 and Chronicle 2024-11-08 follow-ups; Keough's public statements deny the allegations. source

Matt Gray (Commissioner Pct 4)

• campaign payments Porter First Baptist Church $1,975 (2024-04-22 amount unread, 2025-02-19 $500, 2025-03-31 $1,475) and Peach Creek Baptist Church $250 twice (2023-11-28, 2025-12-02), Schedule F1 — mattgraypct4.com 'building community' page: 'He regularly participates in food drives with local churches and works with our Food Bank.' Grace Covenant Baptist Church (New Caney) sold Parcel 90 to the county for the Ford Road project for $84,821.75 (Commissioners Court 2021-06-22) — the church that owner-financed 7 acres to Donnie Click in 2013. source

Wayne L. Mack (Justice of the Peace Pct 1)

• chaplaincy Came to Montgomery County in 1986 for a non-paying youth-ministry internship; after his 2014 election founded the county volunteer chaplaincy and opens court sessions with chaplain-led invocations — Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Mack: a 2-1 Fifth Circuit panel upheld the practice in September 2022 after a district court had ruled it unconstitutional. Mack gave the Commissioners Court invocation 8 times 2013-2022 (minutes). Not a county CFR filer in the warehouse (his reports were never pulled). source